Waterloo Evening Courier Classified Rates and Policies
Waterloo Evening Courier lists subscription and mailing rates, carrier delivery details, and advertising policies. It mentions rate changes, payment due dates, and restrictions on fraudulent or misleading ads, with offices in major cities and agency representation for ads.
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Waterios
Iowa
Associated Press
Press International News
Saps
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Fourth Street Stop Sign and Pinkerton Horse Tale
A nostalgic piece extols horse intelligence in Black Hawk County with a tale of A. H. Pinkerton and his deputy horse Tom. Tom allegedly halted at a stop sign on Fourth Street after a glinting look at the sign, illustrating horse guidance alongside milk and ice wagon duties. The essay celebrates enduring horse value amid motorcar rise.
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Black Hawk County
A. H. Pinkerton
Fourth Street West
Pinkerton
Tom
Fourth Street
Finders Keepers and the Pearl Heist in Chicago
A Chicago bootblack found a $20,000 string of pearls at Union Station and kept them a month before attempting sale. Arrested, a judge ordered release, ruling finding valuables is not a crime. Police held the pearls for six months to be claimed or sold for the county clerk, raising questions about ownership rules and the fate of lost treasure.
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Chicago
Union
Bar
A Matter of Discipline in Fayette County Schools
The Fayette County superintendent upholds a teacher who whipped a 14 year old girl with a stove poker after the pupil pulled the teacher’s hair. Banks township board of education dismissed the teacher, but the ruling may be reversed and the teacher reinstated. The article notes varying outcomes and stresses balance between discipline and fairness. It also mentions the onset of motorcar model releases for 1928, signaling rising consumer costs.
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Fayette County
Superintendent of Schools
Banks Township Board of Education
Noises of the Night and Snoring Degrees
A health note explains snoring in three degrees. First degree is mild nasal murmuring, typically harmless. Second degree results from nasal drainage and soft palate vibration, often treatable with nose and throat care. Third degree, stertor, signals serious illness and requires a physician or ambulance.
Personal health advisor offers no booklets only advice
Letters about personal health questions, not medical diagnosis, are answered by Dr Brady with no printed matter provided. A reader asks for calcium rich foods for a 16 year old, and the reply lists egg yolk milk cheese raw carrots oranges almonds turnips peanuts walnuts oats cabbage with vegetables best eaten raw.
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A. E
Brady
William Brady
Fear and Intolerance by Glenn Frank at War With Fear
Glenn Frank argues intolerance stems from fear as well as fanaticism, propaganda and vested interests. He recalls Cromwellian England to illustrate mutual distrust between opposing camps and urges political, industrial, and religious leaders to adopt a code of decency toward prisoners of war to foster greater tolerance.
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Stirling
England
Cromwell
Archbishop Laud
Edward Augustus George
Shock at Black Hills roundup leaves president bored
Charles City Press recalls Pres i dent Coolidge being amused and disillusioned by a recent Black Hills roundup. A steer was violently lassoed, shot when no gunman appeared, and a deputy sheriff lent a shooting iron. The piece laments declining frontier grit and romantic gunplay.
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Charles City
Coolidge
Black Hill
Black Hills
Road building not overnight task in Iowa
Council Bluffs Nonpareil notes that road construction requires time and effort. Grading, bridging, and paving primary Iowa roads are compared to the Panama Canal project in scope. The paper predicts rapid progress this year and high gear next year.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Panama Canal
Ford Reaches Full Admission In Town Retraction
Mr Ford delivered a complete retraction in town meeting, disavowing the past and pledging to keep the record straight in the future. The move signals accountability and a push for transparency within the community.
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MR. Ford
Town Falls
New York in the Jazz Age Wealth and Wares
A vivid New York sketch contrasts urban wealth with everyday life. It notes luxury buyers riding subways, crowds at lunch counters, and high priced tailors serving few millionaires, while detailing East Side ghetto life on Second Avenue, mixed with burlesque clubs, a Moron club, and quirky city scenes. The piece closes with a playful Uncle Wiggily interlude and carnival-like humor.
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New York
Financial District
Park Avenue
Bowery
Upper
Second Avenue
East Side
Uncle Wiggily and the Orange Orphans at the Orange Store
Mrs Longears and Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy leave Uncle Wiggily with twelve rabbit children in a bungalow. The others play noisy games and demand oranges to quiet them. Uncle Wiggily shells out money and the rabbits rush to the orange store.
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Scramble
Scrimble
Daddicums
Jingle
Mr. Longears
Jangle
Uncle Wiggily
Jane
Mrs. Longears
Wolf
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Moving Pictures
Hollow Stump
Uncle
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Column 1927
Nature questions and answers published by the Burroughs Nature Club Notes section from Houghton Mifflin. Readers are invited to send inquiries to the Nature Notes Department for publication in this paper column.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin Co
Nature Notes
Answers in Tomorrow's Nature Notes
The piece answers three reader questions. First, mockingbirds imitate a variety of birds and animals. Second, Mayapples on wild azalea are not insect created but part of plant biology. Third, the Rocky Mountain bighorn is a sheep species native to North America, not a goat.
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Africa
Australia
South America
Middle
North America
Fifty Years Ago in Cedar Falls July 25 1877 News
A reminiscence column recalls winter's excess, a Sabbath school picnic on the river via the steamer Lady Franklin, and editor Matt Parrott's return from the editors’ excursion. J Q A Crosby builds a mansion on West Twelfth. William Pitt Carpender dies at 27, survived by wife, child, parents and siblings. Social gatherings at Leavitt home and a Talmage lecture at Union Hall draw Cedar Falls attendees.
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William Pitt Carpender
5S. B. Carpender
Epworth
Frank
Charles
Cyrus Carson
J. L. Husted
Hattie Carpender
Forty Years Ago July 27 1887 Local Notices and Changes
Fort Worth area items include C D Kniffen painting a sign for J K Joder’s drug store. H W Brown’s horse leaped a fence near the I C depot, no injuries. City water use averages 1,000,000 gallons daily. Farmers bring hay to town at 10 dollars a ton. Presbyterian church closed for painting. services shared with Baptists until September. J A Fernbach opens a restaurant on Fourth Street West next to the Western House. EB Klingaman visits Waterloo after 15 months in Nebraska. Thomas Cascaden builds a 40 by 100 foot foundry foundation near the river. building to be two stories high. Chinche bugs swarm Winton.
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Thomas Cascaden
Notable weekend roundups and travels of locals in 1907
Saturday reports show Charles and Jacob Demmel returning from abroad while Arthur E. Weid wraps up a Colorado mountain vacation. Fred Neilsen of Clinton joins Bradley Clothing. Water works began pumping from the second artesian well on Oak Avenue. Nathan Northey property traded for 7500 dollars to Mrs Crippen and Susan Deaner. Laura Weis and Julia Holzer sail home from Europe, Dr S F Heverly attends Cassville funeral, and Bryan draws vast crowds with lectures earning about 75000 a year. Asquith visits New Mexico to inspect land.
A Plover’s Trick In The Country Lane
Uncle Ray recalls a plover nest deception as the bird runs ahead and lures a walker away. The parent birds risk danger to protect their young, employing feigned injury or loud calls to mislead intruders. Killdeer birds cry its name in flight.
New York to inspect 2 million autos for safety
New York initiates a three week program to inspect about two million automobiles for steering gear and brake safety. Officials warn careless drivers endanger others and note the project aims to save lives despite a large workload.
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Marshalltown
New York
Abe Martin Shrewd Poking Fun at Wedding Gifts
Mrs Artie Small grumbled over Bentley Mead wedding gifts, noting shrewd folks and cocktail shaker counts vary. The scene captures small town ribbing and humor at a local celebration with Abe Martin style observations.
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Artie Small
Bentley-Meadows
Nation crime report warns on lawlessness rise in Hibbing
The National Crime Commission declares our annual payment to crime exceeds farm product value and European debt, a claim unchallenged by figures. It laments criminal control of dense areas and passive authorities, urging action as law abiding citizens hesitate.
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Hibbing. Minn
National Crime Commission
Michael Pupin’s Pull From Small Biographies
A Serbian boy arrived at Ellis Island facing possible deportation for lack of relatives in the United States. He claimed to know two Americans, Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln, and immigration officers granted entry. Years later, Pupin earned international honors for science, credited to the right kind of pull from two small biographies read in Serbia.
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Cedar Rapids
Ellis Island
Benjamin Franklin
Abraham Lincoln
Michael Pupin
Serbia
Farm Surplus Bill Allegedly Proposed by Coolidge
A Spencer News-Herald informant claims President Coolidge and Secretary Jardine plan a bill to loan farmers 300 million dollars to buy and stabilize surplus farm crops. The proposed appropriation would fund a commission to buy and sell surpluses at fixed prices, with no reimbursements through product fees.
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Spencer News-Herald
Iowa-Coolidge
Coolidge
Jardine
Farmers of America
Democracy echoes in Hermosa church choice
In Hermosa, residents of a rural congregation rejected replacing their youthful preacher with a prominent one, affirming that Mr. Liam is good enough for them and for the president. The Coolidges live in the Black Hills, and the group emphasized democracy rather than honoring the president with changes.
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Cedar Rapids
Liam
Hermosa
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